Iraq bombing kills policemen, families
Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in northeastern Iraqi capital, Baghdad, January 24, 2012.
Ten people, including women and children, have been killed in a bomb attack in the city of Mussayib in the central Iraqi province of Babil, police officials say.
Iraqi police officials said the attack was carried out at 4:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT) on Thursday in Mussayib, about 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of the capital Baghdad.
The target was the residence of “two brothers, both policemen,” who were killed along with all their family members, the officials said.
The two policemen were identified as Ahmed and Jihad Zuwaiyin.
The Thursday bombing in Mussayib was the second deadly incident across Iraq since Tuesday, when at least 14 people were killed and dozens of others were injured in a series of car bombings in Baghdad.
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